Wildfires of 1999

Max Fish Camp Fire

1999Broward County, FloridaWildfire

The Max Fish Camp Fire burned 10,000 acres in Broward County, Florida, in 1999. It was discovered on May 18, 1999. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
10,000 acres
Discovered
May 18, 1999
Cause
Natural

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 26.040, -80.450.

The record

Reported final size
10,000 acres
Discovered
May 18, 1999
Cause
Natural
State
Florida
County
Broward County
Reporting unit
Florida Forest Service
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
TFS_FL_31556

Other large fires in Florida in 199912

FireAcresStartCause
State Fire158,000Apr 19, 1999Human
Friendly Fire69,060May 21, 1999Natural
Burnout Fire27,000May 25, 1999Natural
Unnamed Fire12,924Jan 16, 1999
Unnamed Fire12,507Feb 17, 1999
Unnamed Fire8,797Feb 17, 1999
Unnamed Fire7,417Aug 1, 1999
Unnamed Fire7,407Mar 5, 1999
Unnamed Fire6,948Feb 1, 1999
Cow House Fire6,675Apr 15, 1999Human
Unnamed Fire5,000Mar 14, 1999
FAKPF#1 Fire5,000Dec 27, 1999

Every fire of 1999 Florida fire history

Nearby

Sources

Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.